The Shemwell Family

Franklin Verge SmithAge: 53 years18931947

Name
Franklin Verge Smith
Given names
Franklin Verge
Surname
Smith
Birth October 4, 1893 30 23
Birth of a sisterAnna Hortence Smith
July 7, 1895 (Age 21 months)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Birth of a brotherMark E Smith
March 30, 1899 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherCarl G Smith
February 1, 1901 (Age 7 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Orton
November 27, 1902 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterVera Elizabeth Smith
August 3, 1903 (Age 9 years)

Birth of a brotherIrvin Asael Smith
August 31, 1904 (Age 10 years)

Birth of a brotherSilas Clifton Smith
March 24, 1911 (Age 17 years)

Death of a motherRosanna Elmira Galloway
November 11, 1916 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 22 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 23 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 24 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Death of a brotherMark E Smith
April 13, 1923 (Age 29 years)
Death of a fatherFranklin D Smith
November 16, 1924 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 35 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Death of a sisterVera Elizabeth Smith
June 21, 1930 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 52 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death September 13, 1947 (Age 53 years)

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father
mother
Marriage: December 8, 1892Sanpete, Utah, United States
10 months
himself
Franklin Verge Smith
Birth: October 4, 1893 30 23Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death: September 13, 1947
21 months
younger sister
4 years
younger brother
Mark E Smith
Birth: March 30, 1899 36 29Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States
Death: April 13, 1923Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States
22 months
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
Vera Elizabeth Smith
Birth: August 3, 1903 40 33
Death: June 21, 1930Fremont, Idaho, United States
13 months
younger brother
7 years
younger brother
Silas Clifton Smith
Birth: March 24, 1911 48 41
Death: April 9, 1967Pierce, Washington, United States

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